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On the 23rd of February, the Daily Mail newspaper published the latest survey from the Halifax of house price affordability for first-time buyers. The nationwide survey looked at both the most affordable and…

Shocking statistics from The Money Charity (February 2019) have revealed that it would take the average first time buyer on an average income, 24 years to save for a deposit based on…

By all accounts, it’s something that you might turn into a very lucrative number – renting out a room, or your whole home, through a listing on Airbnb. According to…

One of the great ironies of our times is that, in the midst of a widespread housing crisis, an estimated 1 million homes remain empty in the UK, according to…

Amidst widespread reports that the shortage of private rental accommodation is pushing up rents, recent studies show that renting is, in fact, becoming more affordable for the average tenant. And…

Landlords have seen an increasingly tight regime of laws and regulations in the last few years – and 2019 looks as though it is unlikely to be any different. The…

The government is showing that it’s prepared to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to rogue landlords, according to an official press release on the 14th of January…

As many as one in five buy to let landlords are thinking of selling up, said a report in the Express newspaper on the 2nd of September 2018. So, if you are…

It’s a nightmare to wake up or come home to find that an escape of water – from a burst pipe or some other plumbing failure – has flooded your…